Category: Quick Meals

I’ve not blogged for ages! Here is a quick recipe I made after school. I first tried something similar to this at Comptoir Libanais in Bath and I wanted to try and recreate it at home so I bought some Mymoune Lebanese Zatar spice from their shop. This is definitely the secret ingredient! You also only need a few other ingredients – halloumi cheese, tomatoes, cucumber, black olives and I garnished with fennel from the garden but you could also use mint, parsley or coriander.

I saw this recipe in The Guardian Lifestyle magazine. It is by a chef that I really like, her name is Thomasina Miers and Wahaca is one of my favourite places to eat at for a special treat! I love their kids menu and I also like the steak and salsa.

This recipe was so easy to make that I cooked it on my own for my family (with a tiny bit of help with getting hot stuff out of the oven). You can see the full recipe here. Interestingly, it also features a Sri Lankan cauliflower curry at the top of the page (I am half Sri Lankan!). I have a cauliflower in the fridge but I need to ask my grandma to bring me some curry leaves so I can try out this recipe!

We’ve been eating lots of Thai food after the amazing cookery class with Deethechef last weekend. Here’s a ten-minute stir fry recipe that I made for dinner tonight when my friend Hilary came over. Hardly any chopping involved, just lots of stir frying in a very hot wok. Recipe from The Woks of Life. I used turkey mince because I don’t know what ground chicken is. My recipe is slightly different because I didn’t have all of the exact same things in the kitchen. Ingredients below the video!

I made this quick and easy snack after-school today with my school chum Mia. All you need are chicken mini-fillets, seasoned flour, breadcrumbs and one egg (with a splash of milk). Flour and egg twice, dip in breadcrumbs then fry on a medium heat for 5 minutes. We served it with leftover rice from last night’s thai curry and spiralized cucumber.